NAIROBI, Kenya Oct 23 – Several people are feared trapped following the collapse of a multistorey building under construction along 9th Street in Nairobi’s Eastleigh area. Police and Nairobi County fire brigade teams are at the scene, leading rescue operations as they seek to establish whether anyone remains trapped beneath the rubble. More to follow..
Officials say building in Nairobi's Eastleigh area had no occupation certificate, but ground floor was in use.
Many people are feared trapped after a multi-storey building collapsed in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi.
NAIROBI, Kenya Oct 23 – Police officers lobbed teargas and fired shots into the air to disperse crowds that had gathered at the scene of a collapsed building under construction in Eastleigh, Nairobi. The Nairobi City County says the 12-storey building under construction was located on 1st Avenue, 9th Street, in Nairobi’s Eastleigh area, prompting an emergency response amid reports that people may be trapped beneath the rubble.
NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 23 – Wiper Patriotic Front leader Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka has called for accountability over the collapse of an incomplete multi-storey building in Eastleigh, Nairobi, saying those responsible must be identified and held liable regardless of their positions or connections. Kalonzo commended the Kenya Red Cross, the Kenya Defence Forces Disaster Response Battalion, the National Disaster Management Unit, Nairobi County emergency teams and members of the public who joined the rescue efforts.
People are feared to be trapped after a large, unfinished building in Nairobi collapsed during construction. Rescue operations have proven complicated as police fired tear gas to disperse looters.
NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 23 – Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has called for tougher penalties against rogue developers and the restoration of prosecutorial powers to county governments following the collapse of an incomplete 12-storey building in Eastleigh. Nairobi City County emergency response teams were coordinating operations alongside the National Disaster Operations Centre, the Kenya Red Cross, the Kenya Defence Forces and other agencies.